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Herbicide tolerance of chickpea varieties - DongaraTo identify herbicide sensitivities of new or potential new chickpea varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA |
2019 | Dongara |
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Herbicide tolerance of lentil varieties - DongaraTo identify herbicide sensitivities of new lentil varieties with the view to reduce their yield losses due to herbicide damage. |
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development WA
DPIRD WA |
2019 | Dongara |
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Assessment of soil pH: current statusTo increase grower awareness of: the current status of soil acidification and the associated causes and impacts and associated need to address of soil acidification via the ongoing application of agricultural lime. |
Central West Farming Systems
GRDC |
2014 | Alectown NSW |
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Assessment of the impact of lime upon plant biomass and yieldTo increase grower awareness of the benefits of applying Lime to a cropping operation. Providing local relevance to farmers. |
Central West Farming Systems
GRDC |
2014 | Condobolin NSW |
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Stubble efficiency – stubble grazing CondobolinTo investigate how differing summer farming practices influence stored water and how plant available water may influence grain yield potential and grain quality attributes in the low rainfall area in central NSW. |
Central West Farming Systems
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2015 | Condobolin NSW |
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Long term tillage and rotation trialTo compare no till farming techniques against conventional farming methods over 5 different cropping rotations: No-till • all weed control by herbicides or narrow windrow burning • sown with NDF single disc seeder • stubble retained where possible Conventional • weed control both by herbicides and cultivation • sown with NDF single disc seeder • stubble incorporated. |
Central West Farming Systems
GRDC |
2014 | Merriwagga NSW |
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Assessment of soil pH; changes over time at historic sites sampled under a previous soil acidity projectTo increase grower awareness of: the current status of soil acidification and the associated causes and impacts and associated need to address of soil acidification via the ongoing application of agricultural lime. |
Central West Farming Systems
GRDC |
2014 | Nyngan NSW |
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Increasing yield and reducing risk through early sowing in South Western NSWThis trial addresses issues which may be a barrier to early sowing in the region. In particular; 1. What varieties preform well from early sowing? How do winter and long season spring varieties compare? 2.Can early sown crops be managed to avoid excessive vegetative growth and low harvest index, particularly in dry finish? 3. How do early sown yields compare with traditional mid-May sowing? |
Central West Farming Systems
CSIRO |
2014 | Rankins Springs NSW |
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Lentil sowing date – Rankins Springs 2016To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial lentil varieties and advanced breeding lines sown on two dates on a red, sandy loam soil at Rankins Springs in south-western NSW |
Department of Primary Industries NSW
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2016 | Rankins Springs NSW |
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Lupin sowing date – Rankins Springs 2016To compare growth, development and yield of current commercial lupin varieties and advanced breeding lines sown on two dates on a red sandy loam soil at Rankins Springs in southern NSW. |
Department of Primary Industries NSW
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2016 | Rankins Springs NSW |
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Sustainable farming systems trialTo examine the long-term environmental, biological and economic effects of alternate production systems. |
Central West Farming Systems
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2000 | Rankins Springs NSW |
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Lentils - sowing time and plant density, HRZ Wagga Wagga
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Southern Pulse Agronomy
DEDJTRVic GRDC SARDI |
2015 | Wagga Wagga NSW |
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Chickpeas - sowing time, LRZ Yenda
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Southern Pulse Agronomy
DEDJTRVic GRDC SARDI |
2015 | Yenda NSW |
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Lentil sowing rate - Yenda 2014To determine the optimal plant density for lentil in southern NSW cropping systems, and if the optimum plant density remains consistent accross varieties. |
Department of Primary Industries NSW
DPI NSW GRDC |
2014 | Yenda NSW |
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Nodulation studies with pulses on acidic red sandy soils – Yenda 2014This experiment compared the different Rhizobia innoculation formulations on nodulation, growth and yield of field pea, lupin, faba bean, lentil and chickpea under varying rain-fed and soil moisture conditions on an acidic, sandy loam at Yenda in the south western cropping zone of southern NSW. |
Department of Primary Industries NSW
DPI NSW GRDC |
2014 | Yenda NSW |
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Capturing barley grass seeds in broad acre paddocksBarley grass continues to be a major grass weed in cereal cropping regions on the upper Eyre Peninsula (EP). Swathing a cereal crop involves cutting and collecting the cereal crop and weeds into windrows at 20 to 40% grain moisture and allowing it to dry. Having the weed seeds cut and in the windrow before the seed heads shatter and before tillers fall over (lodging), may allow greater weed seed collection when using a chaff cart or windrows. Swathing early then harvesting for weed seed collection needs further evaluation as it may provide farmers with another tool for integrated weed management, especially for barley grass that matures and sheds seed before crops ripen. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SAGIT |
2019 | Condada SA |
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Early control of yellow leaf spotTo evaluate the effect of early application of foliar trace elements and fungicides on yellow leaf spot in wheat. |
South Australian Research and Development Institute
GRDC |
2001 | Eyre Peninsula SA |
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Characterising water limited yield potential in calcareous soils of upper Eyre PeninsulaOn the upper Eyre Peninsula (UEP), highly calcareous soils constitute a high proportion (more than 1 million hectares) of soils used for agricultural production (Bertrand et al. 2000, Bertrand et al. 2003). The website ‘Yield Gap Australia’ (http://yieldgapaustralia.com.au/maps/) identifies that the average grain yield on Western Eyre Peninsula (WEP) and UEP is between 41 and 45% of the water limited yield potential (1.5 t/ha for WEP and 1.8 t/ha for UEP). Closing the grain yield gap for wheat on UEP presents a challenge to growers, particularly on highly calcareous soils where nutrient deficiencies are common (Holloway et al. 2001). The production of insoluble minerals through the interaction of soil calcium carbonate with soluble nutrients such as phosphorous and trace elements (Holloway et al. 2001), combined with low soil moisture conditions prevents these nutrients from being readily available to the plant (Lombi et al. 2004). Holloway et al. (1999-2003) demonstrated the possibility of providing phosphorus (P) to the plant in an available form by applying fluid P fertilisers instead of granular fertilisers at seeding.
The majority of landholders in Australia, including the western and upper Eyre Peninsula currently use granular fertilisers which require good soil moisture conditions to enable uptake of nutrients by crops. Growers and advisors have noted that highly calcareous top soils dry out quickly after rainfall events, which may contribute to poor water use and nutrient extraction efficiency, and may also be a reason why diseases such as Rhizoctonia solani have greater impact in these soils. In addition, as a risk management strategy, growers often apply lower rates of nutrients than required to achieve the water limiting yield potential (Sadras and Roget 2004, Monjardino et al. 2013). A better understanding of soil moisture, root disease and factors which influence nutrient availability and the efficacy of fertilisers are needed to increase the water limited yield potential of the highly calcareous soils (McLaughlin et al. 2013).
Field trials were conducted in 2019 to investigate these factors on the nutrition of wheat on highly calcareous soils. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC SARDI |
2019 | Minnipa SA |
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Forage crops for grazing at MAC 2010To provide data to assist in decision making when planning to use a field crop as a potential resource for grazing, hay and/or grain based on seasonal conditions, while in some cases utilising the benefits of a break crop within the cropping rotation. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2010 | Minnipa SA |
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Impact of fungicide seed coating on rhizobia survival and nodulation of pea plantsTo determine the potential toxicity of the fungicide P-Pickel T (PPT) to rhizobia applied as a commercial inoculant (peat and freeze-dried) on field pea (R. leguminosarum, group F) in field conditions in a soil with a low rhizobial background. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2018 | Minnipa SA |
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Measuring the effect of residual P
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SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2011 | Minnipa SA |
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Measuring the effect of residual PTo assess the P response from current and residual fertiliser applications. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2010 | Minnipa SA |
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Measuring the effect of residual PTo assess the P response from current fertiliser applications at MAC. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2009 | Minnipa SA |
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Minnipa farming systems competition - grain and graze barley
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SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2011 | Minnipa SA |
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Mixed cover crops for sustainable farmingThis article reports a trial at Minnipa which investigated mixed species cover crops grown over winter and their impact on wheat production the following year. |
Agricultural Innovation & Research Eyre Peninsula
GRDC NLP |
2020 | Minnipa SA |
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N12 soil nitrogen and grain yieldTo test whether nitrogen management options typical for upper EP would ‘switch off’ disease suppression. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
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2011 | Minnipa SA |
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Optimising legume inoculation for dry sowingTo assess a range of commercial rhizobia inoculant products, application strategies and sowing times to provide growers with recommendations that ensures adequate nodulation and nitrogen fixation in dry sown crops.
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SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2018 | Minnipa SA |
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Peola at Minnipa in 2009To determine the optimum ratio of peas and canola for grain yield, profitability and post harvest ground cover. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
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2009 | Minnipa SA |
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Responsive farming using variable rate sowing at MinnipaTo further evaluate variable rate sowing as a tool to improve profitability in low rainfall upper EP farming systems, this broad acre trial |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2010 | Minnipa SA |
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Responsive farming using very early maturing barley
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SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2009 | Minnipa SA |
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Responsive farming using VRT: strip grazing barleyTo provide early feed for stock in autumn, a time of year when pastures haven’t established properly, and get ewes and lambs out of the confinement feedlot and onto good quality feed as soon as possible. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2009 | Minnipa SA |
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Small plot evaluation of the variable rate sowing paddock N1 at MinnipaTo evaluate variable rate technology using low, standard and high seed and fertiliser inputs on 3 soils zoned as of poor, medium and good production potential from a pre-2008 yield monitor, EM38 and elevation maps. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2011 | Minnipa SA |
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Supplementing sheep grazing medics with La Trobe pellets to accelerate growthTo trial supplementing sheep grazing medics with La Trobe pellets to accelerate growth. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
SARDI |
2009 | Minnipa SA |
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The impact of livestock on paddock health
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SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2011 | Minnipa SA |
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The impact of livestock on paddock healthTo test whether soil health and fertility can be improved under a higher carbon input system with or without grazing. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2010 | Minnipa SA |
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The impact of livestock on paddock healthTo test whether general soil health and fertility can be increased under a higher carbon input system with well managed grazing. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2009 | Minnipa SA |
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The impact of soil mineral nitrogen on disease suppressionTo understand the impact of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling on Rhizoctonia solani disease suppression. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
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2010 | Minnipa SA |
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Adapting to climate change with crop sequencesTo recommend options to improve; |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2011 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Demonstrating best management for Rhizoctonia on upper EP and the MalleeTo assess the new products with a range of application strategies and compared them to other management options (tillage, zinc, starter nitrogen, deep sowing, fluid fertiliser and late sowing) which can change the impact of rhizoctonia on crop production. |
Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation
EPARF SAGIT |
2013 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Demonstrating integrated weed management strategies to control barley grass in low rainfall zone farming systemsBarley grass possesses several biological traits that make it difficult for growers to manage it in the low rainfall zone, so it is not surprising that it is becoming more prevalent in field crops in SA and WA. A survey by Llewellyn et al. (2015) showed that barley grass has now made its way into the top 10 weeds of Australian cropping in terms of area infested, crop yield loss and revenue loss. The biological traits that make barley grass difficult for growers to manage in low rainfall zones include:
Barley grass management is likely to be more challenging in the low rainfall zone because the growing seasons tend to be more variable in terms of rainfall, which can affect the performance of the pre-emergence herbicides. Furthermore, many growers in these areas tend to have lower budgets for management tactics, and break crops are generally perceived as more risky than cereals. Therefore, wheat and barley tend to be the dominant crops in the low rainfall zone. This project is undertaking coordinated research with farming systems groups across the Southern and Western cropping regions to demonstrate tactics that can be reliably used to improve the management of barley grass. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
GRDC |
2019 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Dryland Legume Pasture Systems: Boron tolerant annual medicsPart 1: Medic cultivars were grown in soil with high boron levels in a glasshouse, leaf damage symptoms recorded and cultivars allocated to different tolerance groups (Howie 2012). Part 2: The above identified that all spineless burr medic cultivars are susceptible to high boron levels. Screening wild accessions (supplied by the Australian Pasture Genebank) identified a burr medic accession with boron tolerance and vigorous growth. The boron tolerant accession was crossed with current spineless burr medic cultivars Scimitar and Cavalier. F2 plants with high early vigour were selected and a molecular marker used to identify homozygous boron tolerant plants. A single seed descent breeding method using speed breeding was used to obtain uniform lines. Lines were seed increased at Waite in 2018 and lines with the highest agronomic performance selected for 2019 field evaluation trials. A cohort of 16 boron tolerant lines along with their parents and barrel medic cultivars that differ in boron tolerance, were sown at Roseworthy and Minnipa. The trials were managed as best practice first year annual medics to maximise dry matter and seed production. Best practice consists of a high sowing rate (10 kg/ha), controlling broadleaf and grass weeds, monitoring and controlling insects and no grazing. Dry matter production was assessed and pods collected. Seed yield will be determined by April 2020. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
AWI GRDC MLA |
2019 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Dryland Legume Pasture Systems: Grazing trialIn southern Australian mixed farming systems, there are many opportunities for pasture improvement. The Dryland Legume Pasture Systems (DLPS) project aims to boost profit and reduce risk in medium and low rainfall areas by developing pasture legumes that benefit animal and crop production systems. A component of the DLPS project aims to quantify the impacts of different pasture |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
AGRR&D AWI GRDC MLA |
2019 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Dryland legume pasture systems: improving nitrogen fixationLegume pastures have been pivotal to sustainable agricultural development in southern Australia. They provide highly nutritious feed for livestock, act as a disease break for many cereal root pathogens, and improve soil fertility through nitrogen (N) fixation. Despite these benefits, pasture renovation rates remain low and there are opportunities to improve the pasture base on many low to medium rainfall mixed farms across southern Australia. There are also reports of poor protein levels in wheat following medic pastures and many reports of poor medic nodulation. Previous work has shown that substantial responses to inoculation are possible in the Victorian Mallee, which is possibly linked to the poor N fixation capacity of some populations of soil rhizobia. The extent to which inoculation can still improve medic nodulation on Eyre Peninsula requires clarification. The Dryland Legume Pasture Systems (DLPS) project aims to develop recently discovered pasture legumes together with innovative management techniques that benefit animal and crop production and promote their adoption on mixed farms in the low and medium rainfall areas of WA, SA, Vic and southern NSW. One objective within this work program is to increase the amount of fixed N provided by the pasture.
This is a component of a new five year Rural Research and Development for Profit funded project supported by GRDC, MLA and AWI; and involving Murdoch University, CSIRO, SARDI, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development; Charles Sturt University and grower groups. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
AGRR&D AWI GRDC MLA |
2018 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Dryland legume pasture systems: legume adaptationLegume pastures have been pivotal to sustainable agricultural development in southern Australia. They provide highly nutritious feed for livestock, act as a disease break for many cereal root pathogens, and improve fertility through nitrogen (N) fixation. Despite these benefits pasture renovation rates remain low and there is opportunity to improve the quality of the pasture base on many low to medium rainfall mixed farms across southern Australia. A diverse range of pasture legume cultivars are currently available to growers and new material is being developed. Some of these legumes, such as the annual medics, are well adapted to alkaline soils and have high levels of hard seed, which allow them to self-regenerate from soil seed reserves after cropping (ley farming system). Other legume cultivars and species are available and being developed that offer improved seed harvestability, are claimed to be better suited to establishment when dry sown and/or provide better nutrition for livestock. Regional evaluation is needed to determine if they are productive and able to persist in drier areas (<400 mm annual rainfall) and on Mallee soil types common to the mixed farming zone of southern Australia.
The Dryland Legume Pasture Systems project will both develop and evaluate a range of pasture legumes together with innovative establishment techniques, measure their downstream benefits to animal and crop production and promote their adoption on mixed farms. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
AGRR&D AWI GRDC MLA |
2018 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Dryland Legume Pasture Systems: Medic nodulation and nitrogen fixationThere are reports of low grain protein levels in wheat following medic pastures and many observations of poor medic nodulation. Previous work has shown that rhizobial inoculation can improve the nodulation of medics in the SA and Victorian Mallee, and that more generally about 50% of the populations of medic rhizobia in soils are suboptimal in their nitrogen (N) fixation |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
AGRR&D AWI GRDC MLA |
2019 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Dryland legume pasture systems: quantifying benefits of novel legume pastures to livestock production systemsIn southern Australian mixed farming systems, there are many opportunities for pasture improvement, providing positive impacts to both cropping and livestock systems. Dryland legume pastures are necessary in low to medium rainfall zones to support productive and healthy livestock, along with optimal production in crops following these pastures. The majority of pasture species used in these mixed farming systems are short-lived annuals that complete their lifecycle from winter to early summer, with dry seasonal conditions resulting in a shorter growth window between germination and senescence. This is a major issue for livestock producers in these regions due to unreliable rainfall patterns leading to fluctuating legume growth, and the subsequent impact on feed supply and quality for grazing animals. Innovative and improved legume species and pasture systems have the potential to fill existing nutrient gaps, thus reducing supplementary feed required for optimum ruminant performance, and maintain or improve livestock productivity through growth rates, fertility or product quality.
The Dryland Legume Pasture Systems (DLPS) project aims to boost profit and reduce risk in medium and low rainfall areas by developing recently discovered pasture legumes together with innovative management techniques that benefit animal and crop production and farm logistics. A theme of the DLPS project involves ‘Quantifying the benefits of novel legume pastures to livestock production systems’ and aims to maximise the advantages that pastures provide to livestock through increased animal growth and reproduction by extending the period of quality feed and reduced supplementary feeding. The animal systems research within the project will also assess areas of understanding anti-nutritional factors and ‘duty of care’ for new pasture species, providing opportunities for improved weed management and evaluate the main benefits of novel self-regenerating pasture legumes in crop rotations on animal production, health and welfare.
This theme is a component of a five year Rural R&D for Profit funded project supported by GRDC, MLA and AWI; and involving Murdoch University, CSIRO, SARDI, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development; Charles Sturt University and grower groups.
A five-year grazing system trial was established at the Minnipa Agricultural Centre (MAC) in 2018 to examine this theme and is the main livestock field site for the DLPS trial in the southern region of Australia. |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
AGRR&D AWI GRDC MLA |
2018 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Dryland Legume Pasture Systems: Small plot species adaptation trialLegume pastures have been pivotal to sustainable agricultural development in southern Australia. They provide highly nutritious feed for livestock, act as a disease break for many cereal root pathogens, improve fertility through nitrogen (N) fixation and mixed farming reduces economic risk. Despite these benefits, pasture renovation rates remain low and there is opportunity to improve the quality of the pasture base on many low to medium rainfall mixed farms across southern Australia. A diverse range of pasture legume cultivars are currently available to growers and new material is being developed. Some of these legumes, such as the annual medics, are well adapted to alkaline soils and have high levels of hard seed, which allow them to self-regenerate from |
SARDI Minnipa Agricultural Centre
AWI GRDC MLA |
2019 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Farmers leading and learning about the soil carbon frontier (EPARF)The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions), investigate how management affects each of these pools and how humus can be increased over the medium to long term, communicate how soil organic matter affects soil productivity (through nutrient and water supply, and improvements in soils structure). Identical trials are being run by eight farm groups in SE Australia (Victoria: Mallee Sustainable Farming, Birchip Cropping Group, Southern Farming Systems; NSW: FarmLink, Central West Farming Systems; SA: Hart and Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation, both through Ag Ex Alliance; and Tasmania: Southern Farming Systems) so information can be collected on different soils and climates in the Southern Region. |
Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation
DAWR GRDC |
2014 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Farmers leading and learning about the soil carbon frontier (EPARF)The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions), investigate how management affects each of these pools and how humus can be increased over the medium to long term, communicate how soil organic matter affects soil productivity (through nutrient and water supply, and improvements in soils structure). Identical trials are being run by eight farm groups in SE Australia (Victoria: Mallee Sustainable Farming, Birchip Cropping Group, Southern Farming Systems; NSW: FarmLink, Central West Farming Systems; SA: Hart and Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation, both through Ag Ex Alliance; and Tasmania: Southern Farming Systems) so information can be collected on different soils and climates in the Southern Region. |
Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation
DAWR |
2013 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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Farmers leading and learning about the soil carbon frontier (EPARF)The DAFF and GRDC funded national trial will examine existing, new and alternative strategies for farmers in the cereal sheep zone to increase soil carbon. The trial will be used as baseline data for carbon accumulation in soils and to: discuss the various forms of soil organic carbon (plant residues, particulate, humus and resistant fractions), investigate how management affects each of these pools and how humus can be increased over the medium to long term ,communicate how soil organic matter affects soil productivity (through nutrient and water supply, and improvements in soils structure). Identical trials are being run by eight farm groups in SE Australia (Victoria: Mallee Sustainable Farming, Birchip Cropping Group, Southern Farming Systems; NSW: FarmLink, Central West Farming Systems; SA: Hart and Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation, both through Ag Ex Alliance; and Tasmania: Southern Farming Systems) so information can be collected on different soils and climates in the Southern Region. |
Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation
DAWR |
2012 | Minnipa Agricultural Centre SA |
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